Portfolio Manager Pharma

Every day we get opportunities to make a positive impact on our colleagues partners customers and society. Together were pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas including energy food water and shipping.

As we push forward the innovative open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So as we shape a more resourceful less wasteful world we build our careers too.

About The Job

As Portfolio Manager for Pharma you will take ownership of driving the commercial performance and strategic direction of our product portfolio. With a strong business mindset you will translate market insights and customer needs into clear priorities and actions that ensure a competitive and profitable offering. Working cross-functionally you will balance business opportunities with operational realities enabling effective decision-making across sales supply engineering and R&D. This role requires a hands-on commercially driven profile who can navigate complexity and turn strategy into tangible results.

Key responsibilities:

• Translate customer needs and market insights into clear portfolio priorities and value-driven offerings

• Own portfolio performance by analyzing profitability competitiveness and lifecycle and initiating concrete improvement actions

• Define and drive the portfolio strategy roadmap and product positioning in the market

• Lead pricing strategy and ensure alignment with value proposition and market dynamics

• Drive cross-functional alignment to balance investment in portfolio with commercial opportunities development cost and resource constraints across Sales Supply Engineering and R&D

At Alfa Laval we embrace a hybrid work model providing you the flexibility to work from home when it aligns with your tasks. This position is at our Felmingsberg office with an expected travel commitment of approximately 45 50 days per year.

What You Know

• University degree in engineering industrial marketing or a related field combining technical understanding with commercial insight

• Several years of experience in portfolio management business development or similar commercial roles preferably within pharma biotech or life sciences

• Strong understanding of how to develop and manage product portfolios in regulated complex environments

• Experience from biotech and/or life science industries is a strong advantage

• Proven ability to translate market and customer insights into portfolio and business decisions that drive growth and competitiveness

• Comfortable working in cross-functional international environments balancing technical commercial and operational priorities

About You

You combine strong business acumen and strategic thinking with a clear customer focus ensuring decisions are grounded in market and value creation. You are comfortable working with incomplete or uncertain information and validate assumption through several sources and making sound decisions when needed. With strong analytical capability you turn insights into clear actions and data driven priorities.

You are a self-driven get things done professional who takes ownership and drives progress. Collaborative by nature you build strong relationships across functions while keeping a long-term perspective. Curious and continuous learning you thrive in complex environments where teamwork and shared success are key to delivering results

For more information please contact

Manager Product Management Pharma Hedieh Soroush on

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner Claus Wiinholt on

Please send your application and resume through the link below no later than 31st of May 2026

We are conducting a continuous review of the received applications. We do not accept applications via email they will be deleted due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We look forward to hearing from you soon!

We care about diversity inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidates fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

As part of Alfa Lavals commitment to a safe and healthy workplace alcohol and drug testing is applied during the preemployment process.

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